The 2023 Junior World Championships WAG Master Team List

/ March 23, 2023

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Hezly Rivera

The FIG has released the nominative rosters for this year’s Junior World Championships, to be held beginning March 29 in Antalya, Turkey.

A full list of all teams is below, and we’ll change the “nominative” status to official once the rosters are announced by each federation.

ARGENTINA

Confirmed by Camila Soto’s Instagram Story on February 18.

ARMENIA

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

AZERBAIJAN

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

BELGIUM

Confirmed by the Belgian federation on March 22. Marie de Smedt and Naomi Descamps are the alternates. 

BRAZIL

Confirmed by the Brazilian federation on March 22. Larissa Machado and Hellen Benevides Silva are the alternates.

BULGARIA

Confirmed by the Bulgarian federation on March 22. Teodora Boeva is the alternate.

CANADA

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29. Gabrielle Fausto is the alternate.

CHINA

Confirmed by Xinhua News on March 22. Chu Yiming is the alternate.

COSTA RICA

Confirmed by La Republica on March 20.

CROATIA

Confirmed by the Croatian federation on March 2. 

CYPRUS

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

CZECHIA

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29. Natalie Hajdinova was initially named to the team but was replaced by Tatickova.

DENMARK

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29. Mia Højgaard is the alternate.

ECUADOR

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

EGYPT

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

FINLAND

Confirmed by the Finnish federation on March 20. Hertta-Sofia Hiekkataipale is the alternate.

FRANCE

Confirmed by the French federation on March 23. Astria Nelo is the alternate.

GEORGIA

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

GERMANY

Confirmed by the German federation on March 20.

GREAT BRITAIN

Confirmed by the British federation on March 6. Tiegan Trafford is the alternate.

GREECE

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

GUATEMALA

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29. 

HONDURAS

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

HONG KONG

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

HUNGARY

Confirmed by the Hungarian federation on March 7.

ISRAEL

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

ITALY

Confirmed by the Italian federation on March 20. Matilde Ferrari is the alternate.

JAMAICA

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

JAPAN

Confirmed by the Japanese federation on March 23. Kawakami Saki is the alternate.

JORDAN

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

KAZAKHSTAN

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29. Medina Kapbassova is the alternate.

LATVIA

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

MEXICO

Confirmed by the Mexican federation on March 6. Mariana Alvarez is the alternate.

MONGOLIA

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

NETHERLANDS

Confirmed by Turnen Topsport Noord on March 21.

NEW ZEALAND

Confirmed by the New Zealand federation on November 24.

NORWAY

Confirmed by the Norwegian federation on March 21.

PANAMA

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

PERU

Confirmed by the Peruvian federation on March 2.

POLAND

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

PORTUGAL

Confirmed by the Portuguese federation on March 3. 

PUERTO RICO

Confirmed by Parkettes on February 22.

ROMANIA

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29. Bianca Visovan is the alternate.

SINGAPORE

Confirmed by the Singaporean federation on March 21.

SLOVENIA

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

SOUTH AFRICA

Confirmed by the South African federation on March 16.

SOUTH KOREA

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

SPAIN

Confirmed by the Spanish federation on March 6. Elia Ribas is the alternate.

TAIWAN

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29. Lee Chia-Wei is the alternate.

TURKEY

Confirmed by the Turkish federation on March 21. Naz Aktürk is the alternate.

UKRAINE

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

UNITED STATES

Confirmed by the U.S. federation on March 7. Kieryn Finnell is the alternate.

UZBEKISTAN

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

VENEZUELA

Confirmed by the start lists on March 29.

Article by Lauren Hopkins

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9 thoughts on “The 2023 Junior World Championships WAG Master Team List”

  1. Outside the favourites USA, China, Italy and Germany, which team for a top 5 ? GB or Japan I guess ? Maybe Belgium ? Don’t know much about this generation.

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    • Japan has an INCREDIBLE team!!! Yamaguchi Sara is a future star and Nakamura Haruka is a brilliant UB worker. The British team is also good, but won’t be super high-scoring so there could definitely be an upset that puts them outside of the top five. Abi Martin is really strong and should score well, while Jemima Taylor is outstanding on beam and floor, but her overall difficulty is a bit low. I don’t know as much about Ema Kandalova but she’s scored around a 48 AA this year, which will be on the higher end when comparing most teams, though not quite where some of the top AAers will be.

      Otherwise, Argentina has two really high-level AAers and given that this is a three-up, two-count situation, they could end up placing really high in the rankings. I’d actually put their potential on par with GB, and possibly even higher. France’s team is also on the stronger end, and then I think teams like Belgium, Brazil, and Romania aren’t as high-level as they have been but should still have some standout routines and scores to keep them in the mix.

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      • Thanks for that ! For whatever reasons I was not too aware of Japan’s talents though of course I marvelled at Haruka’s UB (WOGA 2023). She’s apparently good on BB but I couldn’t find a video. It seems Japan in the exciting team this quad’!
        On a side note, I wonder if Kevric and Viallat (especially) will be competitive on all 4 events (judging by DTB). Which should heavily impact Germany’s and France’s team results. And regarding Romania, I always expect a couple of 10s on UB …..

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        • Yes, her WOGA bars set was jaw-dropping! I watch a lot of the domestic streams for Japan but hadn’t seen her so that was a big surprise. Yamaguchi was one of the highlights of the Japanese Team Championships in December, her beam and floor are SO good. Her AA score with a fall on bars was right up there with the top seniors, around a 53 or so…it would be amazing to see her medal!

          I’m not sure why Kevric didn’t do bars at DTB, maybe a shoulder issue or something? She seemed to do well enough on VT/FX so hopefully she’s okay and was just holding back a bit. Also hoping the same for Viallat!

          Yes, this Romanian team is VERY scary on bars, hahaha. Like, shockingly so even for Romania. That’s definitely worrisome, especially since they can’t really make it up with higher difficulty routines elsewhere the way some of last year’s juniors could. I hope they just survive bars and have a fighting chance to place well as a team!

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    • No word yet, but Turkey streamed 2020 Euros so my fingers are crossed! I think they tend to use the SmartScoring software which does both video and live scores. I’ll be watching and will share info about how to follow streams and scores in a future post/preview, and on Twitter as well, but right now I’m hopeful that it’ll happen.

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  3. Has australia chosen not to send anyone or they didn’t qualify? For a country that used to at least sometimes make team finals at major comps they seem to have dropped completely off the radar!

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    • They opted to not send anyone. I think it’s mostly because most of last year’s top juniors are all now seniors. The gymnast who placed sixth AA at nationals last year, Amber Ward, is actually competing for Hong Kong here, but nearly everyone ranked above her in the junior field has graduated up to the senior ranks.

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